Hi Valerie,
Hope you don't mind me replying here. I'm just thinking through the things
which need to added to the list.
You know I'm always banging on about networks, so this maybe a good point
to see how the deveices (the front end) and the networks which they log
onto (the back end) will come together.
The main difference in perspectives is in the 'inside the institution('s
network) approach", which we can compare to the "outside in approach"
(probably the most useful is to limit this perspective to the National
Research and Education Network in each country). I use NRENs because in
many countries many scholls, unis, colleges, etc are directly connected to
the NREN (or REN = Regional Education Network, which are part of a National
one). In the case of Internet2 (US) and others, many other "anchor
institutions" (libraries, public broadcast stations) use the same
"backbone".
So, as far as the "inside out" approach,that 'thejournal" article
illustrates the institution's network manager's approach pretty well.
So far as the "outside in", we have so many wireless "access point"
technologies. But the primary consideration is the idea of setting up one
point or "a mesh" which:
1. Can make installation and maintenance easier, cheaper, faster, etc. i.e.
use 1 microcell rather than putting in so many "hotspots".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcell
2. Have a number of "cells" in each institution, which using the same
security, standards, apps, domains, etc make up a "cloud" of institutions.
E.g. Many universities already offer an eduroam account, so that a user can
log on to their stuff regardless of which uni (network) in the world they
may be in at the time. You can imagine the benefits if we could roam around
a country and just log on to a network (e.g. public library) to do a bit of
work, and share the same apps
I hope this isn't too far left field as i know the technical stuff bores
most of WE. But it kinda changes the thinking about where and when you
bring your own device.
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